bailiwick

[ bey-luh-wik ]

/ ˈbeɪ ləˌwɪk /

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noun

the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.

a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work: to confine suggestions to one's own bailiwick.

Origin of bailiwick

1425–75; late Middle English, equivalent to baili-bailie + wickwick³

SYNONYMS FOR bailiwick

2 domain, department, sphere, territory, turf.

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OTHER WORDS FROM bailiwick

sub·bail·i·wick, noun

Words nearby bailiwick

bailee, bailey, Bailey bridge, bailie, bailiff, bailiwick, Baillie, bailment, bailor, bailout, bailsman

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Example sentences from the Web for bailiwick

He does so, hands in his star and rides on, leaving his bailiwick in the condition his patrons wanted.
Summers Gave Obama Cover|Michael Thomas|September 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Now see here, my daughter, you're getting out of your bailiwick.
The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop|Hamlin Garland
And if in one place in his bailiwick I haven't fried that codfish Granger to a crisp, it's not because I haven't been industrious.
Mixed Faces|Roy Norton
William de Staunton held the bailiwick there, and Reginald Abbenhall the woods.
The Forest of Dean|H. G. Nicholls

This plan should become, by your influence, the text of all the bailiwick memorials.
A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times|Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
In 1733 the bailiwick was transferred to Vevey and just seventy years later the castle became the property of Vaud.
The Spell of Switzerland|Nathan Haskell Dole

British Dictionary definitions for bailiwick

bailiwick

/ (ˈbeɪlɪwɪk) /

noun

law the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction

a person's special field of interest, authority, or skill

Word Origin for bailiwick

C15: from baili(e) + wick ²

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单词	bailiwick
释义	bailiwick [ bey-luh-wik ] / ˈbeɪ ləˌwɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bailiwick ON THESAURUS.COM noun the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction. a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work: to confine suggestions to one's own bailiwick. Origin of bailiwick 1425–75; late Middle English, equivalent to baili-bailie + wickwick³ SYNONYMS FOR bailiwick 2 domain, department, sphere, territory, turf. SEE SYNONYMS FOR bailiwick ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM bailiwick sub·bail·i·wick, noun Words nearby bailiwick bailee, bailey, Bailey bridge, bailie, bailiff, bailiwick, Baillie, bailment, bailor, bailout, bailsman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bailiwick He does so, hands in his star and rides on, leaving his bailiwick in the condition his patrons wanted. Summers Gave Obama Cover\|Michael Thomas\|September 22, 2010\|DAILY BEAST Now see here, my daughter, you're getting out of your bailiwick. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop\|Hamlin Garland And if in one place in his bailiwick I haven't fried that codfish Granger to a crisp, it's not because I haven't been industrious. Mixed Faces\|Roy Norton William de Staunton held the bailiwick there, and Reginald Abbenhall the woods. The Forest of Dean\|H. G. Nicholls This plan should become, by your influence, the text of all the bailiwick memorials. A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times\|Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot In 1733 the bailiwick was transferred to Vevey and just seventy years later the castle became the property of Vaud. The Spell of Switzerland\|Nathan Haskell Dole British Dictionary definitions for bailiwick bailiwick / (ˈbeɪlɪwɪk) / noun law the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction a person's special field of interest, authority, or skill Word Origin for bailiwick C15: from baili(e) + wick ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bailiwick province, neighborhood, district, area, beat, jurisdiction, diocese, realm, territory
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bailiwick

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